Students Are Urged To Patronize Those Men Who Support This Paper

The students of McPherson college may read this news-paper, their newspaper, each week only through the loyal cooperation of the business firms of McPherson.

The Spectator is a self-supporting Student Council publica-tion. It's income comes through selling subscriptions and through selling advertising space to business men. It is not subsidized by the college, as are many other collegiate publications. Because of this self-sufficiency, it is the students' paper, printed by students, about students, and about their college. It's content is not subjected to any censor of any kind, except that censor which comes from self-restraint.

The Spectator may remain a free organ, the student’s own paper, only so long as business men feel that they are buying quality when they purchase advertising space. They will be convinced that they are getting their money’s worth if students patronize their stores and shops.

Those business men who realize the value of student purchasing power are progressive business men. They show by their use of the advertising columns of this paper that they use modern methods in their business. Students will find that their progressive methods make it possible for them to sell good quality at lower prices.

Students can get behind the Spectator, the college, and behind themselves, by patronizing the advertisers which make this student publication possible. Therefore, this news organ sincerely urges the students, new and old, to use Spectator advertisements as their business directory.

The three cheerleaders of McPher-son college announced yesterday that they look forward toward a suc-cessful year in athletics and that they will have a systematic program of pep well organized for the present school year.

Besides being in charge of numer-ous pep rallies and pep chapels, the cheerleaders will cooperate with the McPherson college band to provide entertainment between the halves of all the football games.

In a one-minute interview, Mildred Fries, fair sophomore cheerleader, stated, "I am sure McPherson college is headed for a bigger and better year of athletics, with a great squad and our new coach. Tom Hayden.''

a cheerleader of McPherson college and will aid in all ways possible to encourage our team to victory. I have immense confidence in the loyalty of my fellow students."

Tall and handsome Ted Washburn, another sophomore cheerleader, de-clared, "With a new coach, with fresh faces in the line-up, with en-thusiastic freshman and upperclass-men, with the coordination and co-peration of all these factors, victory will be our aim and our achieve-ment!"

For a number of years the matter of building a new men's dormitory has been under discussion here at McPherson college. The present dormitory;—the first building on the campus—was built in 1887 and has been constant use ever since. It was

remarkably good building in its stay and has served a useful purpose for many years, but is now in such condition that it ought to be replaced by a new one.

In the past there was sentiment in favor of repairing the present building, but careful investigation revealed the fact that the expense of repairing and rebuilding was too near the cost of a new building to make any improvement plan seem advisable.

After much thought, the trustees of the college adopted tentative plans for the new building about a year ago. The college administration was then authorized to receive funds for jibe project,

Since that time many gifts have been received, some as large as $5,-000. Some people are reported con-sidering gifts on a sacrificial basis. Many have promised to help all that they can.

President V. F. Schwalm and Field Secretary Earl Breon travelled in the college territory during the summer and interviewed prospective donors. McPherson college has been making commendable progress, and with the loyal cooperation expected from its constituents, this latest project should become a reality soon.

A gift of $1,000 from the George Hoover family of Plattsburg, Mis-souri was received Aug. 17 by Mc-Pherson college, it was reported by Pres. V. F. Schwalm. The gift to intended for the building of the new boys' dormitory.

Desmond W. Bittinger, author of "Soudan's Second Sun-Up", is the new professor of sociology and education at McPherson college. Bitting-er was a missionary to Africa for two years, but his health was impaired by the African climate.

Tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 the treasurers or business managers of all school organizations will meet with Clayton Rock, assistant business manager of the college, it was announced by Dale Stucky, Student Council president. The meeting will be held in the chapel.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the bookkeeping systems to be used this year.

"The treasuries of all extra-curricular activities shall be deposited with the Business Office of the college. An organization may draw upon its funds by presenting a requisition bearing the signatures of its treasurer and its faculty sponsor or faculty member to the business office, which will issue a voucher for the specified amount. All transactions must pass through the business office." (Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 1, By-Laws)

At the time the copy of this paper went to the printer, statistics were far from complete concerning the college enrollment for this year. However certain trends seemed to appear from the facts available.

It appears that there will be a large freshman class this year, in addition there are more than the usual number coming from junior colleges who intend to finish their undergraduate courses at McPherson college. Thus, with McPherson's credentials improving constantly, she is becoming more and more a senior college.

Despite the uncertainly of the times because of the war situation, the student enrollment appears to be up to normal this year. It was disclosed by Earl Breon, field secretary of McPherson college.

An annual social affair at McPherson college is the watermelon feed, sponsored by the Student Christian Movement and given on the first Friday of the school year. As usual, a wagonload of watermelons will be provided for the feasting of all who attend.

This year Elizabeth Mohler and Don Davidson are the social co-chairmen of the S. C. M. and they will be in charge of the feed. The watermelon feed has always been an important social affair, since good mixer and at the first of the rear.

Desmond W. Bittinger, a graduate of Elizabethtown college, is the new professor in the departments or sociology and education. He received his Ph. D. degree last June.

Bittinger is famous as the author of "Soudan's Second Sun-Up" and "In the Land of the Monkey-Bread Tree," two books which have been widely read. Bittinger served two years in Africa as it missionary but will not return to Africa, because the African climate impairs his health.

Bittinger's doctor’s dissertation was on the subject of Africa and education on that continent. He comes to McPherson college highly recommended. Bittinger is a young man, thirty-five years old. He is married and has two children. Pres. Schwalm stated, "He has a very charming personality, as does his wife. On the platform he is a fascinating speaker."

Fries Chosen Advisor For Quad

Prof. J. Fries, business manager and treasurer of the college, is the faculty advisor of the Quadrangle, the annual published by the Student Council of McPherson college. It was reported recently by Virginia Kerlin, editor of the Quadrangle. The appointment was made at the end of last school year, it was disclosed.

Editor Kerlin reports that the Quadrangle is progressing nicely and that she has already made the dummy for the book. Her plans for the future were not disclosed, and her staff assistants will be chosen soon.

Ernest Peterson, business manager of the Quadrangle, has been active in selling advertisements for the Quadrangle and stated that he had been quite successful thus far.

Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Vaniman made a gift to the new men's dormitory in deeding the college a quarter, section of land in Texas, valued at $5,-000. Mr. Vaniman, c'93 is now president or the Peoples State Bank. He served a number of terms as a trustee of the college and was treasurer for the Board of Trainees for some time.

Miss Gulah Hoover, who graduated from McPherson college in 1934, is the new instructor in public school music and piano here. Formerly Miss Hoover was the supervisor of music in Cunningham, Kansas. She succeeds Miss Fern Lingenfelter, who resigned to marry.

Since receiving her B. M. degree here in 1934 and her A. B. degree in 1936. Miss Hoover has attended Hays State Teachers college one summer and has been continuing her study in music education at Northwestern university the last three summers.

While in college she was active in such music organizations, as the a cappella choir, the ladies’ trio, and others. She was president of the Y. W. C. A. In 1934, before that organization amalgamated with the Y. M. C. A. to form the S. C. M. on this campus.

Miss Hoover's home is in Quinter, Kansas, where she graduated from Quinter High school in 1930. She comes to the college highly recommended by all the officials who have worked with her in her teaching career.

Miss Hoover is a sister to Sylvan Hoover, prominent junior and busi-ness manager of this organ.

In an effort to serve the student body of McPherson college more fully with its news organ, the Spectator staff published this special edition. The paper was issued not without difficulties since most of the staff was absent from the campus until after all the copy had been turn-ed in to the Republican office, where the Spectator is printed.

The Spectator endeavors to serve the student body and will appreciate any help given in performing its task of issuing a paper regularly on Fridays.— The editor.

The formal reception planned to be given this evening has been post-poned indefinitely, it was announced last night by Miss Ida Shockley, head of the social committee of the college.

The formal reception given by the faculty is an annual affair, and it was thought to be more beneficial to the students if given during the first week of school instead of the second, as in former years.

Miss Gulah Hoover, alumna of McPherson College, will teach public school music and piano here. She comes to McPherson from Cunningham, Kansas, where she was supervisor of music in the high school. She is a sister to Sylvan Hoover, prominent student,

Student Handbook Has New Title

The seventh annual student handbook, appropriately named "The Growl," was published by the Student Council. The editor of the handbook was the Student Council president, Dale Stucky, who edited the Spectator for the past two years.

Formerly the student, handbook was published with only "student handbook" as the title, But the name, "The Growl,'' was adopted this year as typifying the bulldog spirit of McPherson college.

Way back in 1932, a little handbook was published by the Pep Club and the cheerleaders and was entitled "The Growl." It contained yells, songs, and pep suggestions. From this precedent the official student handbook gained its new name.

All students should make use of the new handbook and digest much of the valuable information contained in the little booklet.

Claxton, Helms, who received his B. S. from the Southeastern Missouri State Teachers college at Cape Girardeau, and his B. S. in Library Science from the University of Illinois, re-places Miss Mildred Forney in the college library. Helms has been the college librarian at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, for several summers.

Miss Forney has accepted a position at Indiana Central college, In-dianapolis, Indiana.

Miss Edna Seber of Winfield, Kansas, is the new matron of Arnold Hall. Miss Neher graduated from McPherson college in 1924 and look additional training at Kansas State college at Manhattan and at Kansan State Teachers college at Pittsburg.

She taught high school for a number of years. For the past two years, she has supervised an NYA project for girls interested in home econ-omics.

Frank Grattan, prominent McPherson attorney, deposited in the Peoples State Bank $4,000 in the in-terests of McPherson college, on Friday, August 23, Dr. V. F. Schwalm stated recently. This gift is in addition to some $10,000 previously granted by Mr. Grattan.

McPherson college is soon to have a school band of which its students can be justly proud, it was disclosed yesterday by Pascal Davis, who will direct and manage the band.

The McPherson college band is to be a small band, appropriate for parties, banquets, plays, and athletic events. Students should feel free to call it their band and to request it to play at their functions. The band will be used for all home games and for most or the out-of-town games, it was stated by Director Davis.

Several new marches and popular numbers will be added to the band library this year. Some of the music has already been ordered.

Several players of last year's small band are exported to return and play this year. A large number of stu-dents entering school this year have bad high school band experience, as shown by the applications sent in previous to registration.

The band will get underway immediately, and the first rehearsal is being planned for Friday morning at 8:00. There will be two regular rehearsals a week. One rehearsal period will be Friday morning at 8:00, and the other will be during the afternoon and is yet to be decided upon.

Any freshman who faded to get an activities questionnaire and would like to play in the band should get in touch with Pascal Davis.

Forty Students Gain Honor Of Dean’s List

Forty students were included in the Dean's List, made up at the end of school last sprint. This is prob-ably the largest list for several years. Usually less than twenty make the coveted Dean’s List,

Certain privileges of class absences are granted to students on the list, white absences for other students often get them into trouble.

Anne Janet Allison, Maurine Anderson, Arlene Barley, Mary F. Bollne, Wilbur Bullinger, Madelyn Carlson, Elmer Dadis-man, Helen Davis, Joe Dell, John Detrick, Flora Mae Duncan, Raymond Flory, Vena Flory, Vera Flory, Rowena Frantz, Ramona Fries, Audrey Hammanu, Jonathan Hamersley, Mary Elizabeth Hoover, Kenneth Johnson, Marianne Krueger. Wilburn Lewalien.

Philip Myers, Bernard Nord-ling, Jean Oberst, Lena Belle Olwin, Sara Jane Olwin, Lina Peterson, Ernest Reed, Russell Reinecker, Winston Sheffer, Stephen Stover, Dale Stucky, Paul Thompson, Harold Voth, Rowena Wampler, Ted Washburn, Alice Weyand, Frederick Wiley, and Austin Williams.

Governor Payne Rainer recently appointed Prof. R. E. Mohler, head of the biology department of McPherson college, to the Governor's Com-mission for the Schools and National Defense, a permanent committed of nine members.

The Governor's Commission evolved from a meeting of 30 school men invited by the governor to discuss "What public schools can do in a time of crisis? The Governor's Commission meets next Saturday.

Another yell has been to spell "Bulldogs" as a locomotive yell, "Bulldogs" is spelled three times, then the word "Bulldogs" is yelled as the climax.

One of the common songs to be sung at football games is 'Fight for

Old m. c.“

Fight for old M. .,

M. C. will win.

Fight to the finish,

Never give in.

Rah, rah, rah.

You do your best, boys.

We'll do the rest, boys.

Fight on to victory Rah, rah.

(repeat)

Another common song is called "Cheer, Boys, Cheer,"

Cheer, boys, cheer.

Oh, M. C.'s got the ball.

Cheer, boys, cheer,

We'll never let it fall.

And when we hit that line,There'll be no line at all,

There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight.

Rah, rah, rah.

(repeat)

A popular song in the dormitory is "M. C. Will Shine," All shades of tenor, bass, and site are usually provided in their barbershop harmony.

M. c. win shine tonight.

M. C. will shine,

(sing three times)

When the game is over And they count the score,

M. C. will shine.

Second Verse:

(opposing school) will weep tonight.

(opposing school) will weep,

(sing three times)

When the game is o’er And they count the score,

(opposing school) will weep, (repeat first verse).

The cheerleaders list one more school song. This song is to be sung at the end of every football and basketball game, and the cheerleaders ask the cooperation of every student in this regard.

All hail to thee, our college fair, All hail to thee, our college fair, All hail, All hail,

Our college fair.

This first issue of the Spectator is noticeably lacking in the first two parts, but there arc some important local announcements to be made. Local Chapter News

The International Relations Club will have its first meeting a week from Friday. Detailed announce-ment or this meeting will be given later.

On their Fast meeting in May, the International Relations Club elected its officers for this school year. Yours truly will act as president, Donald Newkirk as vice-president, and Edith Spangler as secretary-treasurer. A program committee and two librarians will be selected soon.

Plans an for the club to meet once a week far a program from one to two hours long. Every student and faculty member may become a member. A general outline of the programs of the club has already been made, said every person interested in the class and its work should join.

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Poet's Corner

The purpose of Poet's Corner Is to stimulate interest in college verse— appreciatice and errative interest. This column will contain the poems of young bards who are McPherson college students.

The editor invites any student to contribute the product of his or her poetic talent. The poetry may be strong and vigorous—impressionistic, unrestrained, even revolutionary—in short, it may be quite individualistic, Some poetry is cast in more conven-tional mold, yet it may be vibrant and stirring--profound, vital, and hu-

One Year of War.

Dark is the night, and the stars are

listening.

Only the stars. . . .

Listening to the cries of the world, The cries of a soldier.

And a mother.

The Spectator

Entered as second class matter November 29, 1917, at the postoffice at mcpherson, kansas under the act of march 3, 1897.

Yells, Songs Published For Students

By special request of the three cheerleaders, the Spectator is publishing the most important school yells and songs to be used this year. One yell, the old standby, is called "Fight, Bulldogs, Fight."

The following yell is a difficult yell to print legibly, but the separ-ate letters are all pronounced singly. M-c. P-h, e-r-son M-c, P-h, e-r-son McPherson, fight,

The following is especially popular on cold football nights, (stomp), (stomp). (stomp). clap, clap, clap, clap,

Henry Speaks For I.R.C.

Henry, last year an international-ist known to all Macollege students, will apeak again this year in this column. Henry is everyone, singly and together. Henry is ignorant and omniscent.

Henry's column, though appearing regularly in this news organ, can not be considered the precepts of the whole International Relations Club. Different members of the International Relations Club, guest speakers, or faculty members may be the signed writers of this column.

Henry's column will be divided into three major parts. One part will contain reviews of interesting books, magazine articles, or speeches. Another will be centered about the world at large and will contain im-portant news events from all over the world or topics and questions to think about concerning international news, announcements of coming radio programs of interest. The third part of this column will contain the local news of the International Relations

Yet now she is mother, only mother. She scarcely speaks, Just whispering, rustling.

Honor Roll Lists Only 16 Students

Sophomores 2

All students earning 40 or more grade-points are listed on the McPher-son college honor roll. For the last semester of the 1939-40 school year, sixteen students gained the coveted honor.

The class of 1941 led with six members on the list, while the seniors of last year placed five on it. The freshmen had three honor students, with the sophomores having two.

Forrest Groff, Johnathan Hamer-sley, Winton Sheffer, Stephen Stover, and Leonard Vaughn were the seniors of last

year making the honor roll. Maucine Anderson, Vena Flory, Sara Jane Olwin, Evelyn Saathoff, Dale Stucky and Frederick Wiley were the honored juniors of last year.

Joy Smith and Austin, Williams, sophomores, and Wayne Crist, Jean Oberst, and Harold Voth, freshmen of last year, completed the list.

Students earning between 35 and 39 grade-points inclusive are given honorable mention. Twenty-five stu-dents gained this lesser honor last year.

Four seniors, Elmer Dadisman, Raymond Flory, Audrey Hammann, and Paul Thompson, rated honorable mention at the end of last year. Eight of last year's juniors, including Ramons Fries, Mary Elizabeth Hoover, Marianne Krueger, Withburn Le-wallen, LaRae Owen, Ernest Reed, Ester

Nine of last year's sophomores were given honorable mention. They included Wilbur Bullinger, Kathryn Man Deal, Kenneth Johnson, Helen Davis, Virginia Kerlin, Lois Florman, Flora Mac Duncan, Lena Belle Ol-win, and Bowenn Wampler. The four freshmen ranking honorable mention were Ida Mae Buckingham, Joe Dell, Ernest Peterson, and Ralph Schlicht.

Personals

Edith Hughey, former student here whose home is in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Sorman Nelson of McPherson were married at the Presbyterian parsonage Saturday evening. August 31. They will make their home in McPherson.

Don Newkirk, president of the senior class, worked at the Y. M. C. A. camp at Estes Park, Colorado, this summer. He was selected as one of thirty employees from the Rocky Mountain district.

Miss Ida Shockley, dean of women, was on assistant director of counselors at an international church camp at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, this sum-mer.

Rosalie Fields, c'39 did social work in a Presbyterian work camp most of the summer.

Mildred Miller, Margaret Louise Kagariace, Mary Elizabeth Hoover, and Elisabeth Mohler attended Estes Camp in June.

Virginia Kerlin, editor of this year's Quadrangle, was employed in the office of the Bodine Drilling Co at Great Bend, Kansas, for the summer.

Dr. and Mrs. Fields of McPherson, and their daughters, Autumn, Evalyn, and Lila, all former students at Mc-Pherson College, took an extended trip to New York, New England, Canada, and Nova Scotia during the summer.

Elizabeth Mohler attended Camp Stover, a Brethren church camp high in the mountains of Idaho and also visited an aunt in Los Angeles, California, the past summer.

Fahnestock Hall has a rather young resident in three-weeks-old Thayne Lowell Groff. The youngster was born to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Groff, supervisors of Fahnestock Hall, on Wednesday, August 14.

Voicing the sentiments of college students, Dale Stucky, Student Council president, participated in an inter-esting discussion at the regular meet-

ing of the Rotary Club last Tuesday evening. Various other groups were represented at the discussion, con-cerning mainly conscription.

Returning from a visit to Mrs. Groff, Mrs. Bernard King, wife of the Brethren pastor, fell on the north steps of Fahnestock Hall last Tuesday and broke her arm.

Milan Blough, his sister Lucy, and Mr. and Mrs. Blough were weekend guests of the R. E. Mohlers'.

After taking a six week's training course in the Beechcraft school in Wichita, Harold Flory, former student here, is now employed in the Beechcraft Air Corporation at Wichita.

Glennys Doll, former student here, spent the summer working at a Girl Scout Camp at Munising, Michigan. She will attend Kansas State at Manhattan this fall.

Gladys Wiggins and Donna Jean Johnson enjoyed a vacation in the Southwest during part of August. With Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Wiggins, the two girls visited Carlshad Caverns and other scenic spots.

Dean Frantz and Marie Flory, both former students of McPherson college, were married August 31, at Kinross, Iowa, at the home of Miss Flory.

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Brallier, Kline Hall, report the marriage of Kathryn Brallier, former student here, and Harold Duncanson, c'40, in the Prairie View Church of the Brethren, Curlew, Iowa, on Sept. 1.

Eugene Eisenbine, c'40, and Edith Nickey, student here last year, were married in the McPherson Church of the Brethren, July 30. They will reside in Stafford, Kansas, where Mr. Eisenhise will teach in the high school.

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William P. Thompson, c'39, ranked second in his class in scholarship last year in the School of Law of the Uni-versity of Chicago. His work while here in college was such as to merit him a scholarship to the university, and his scholarship was—of course--continued for the school year 1940— 41.

It's quite a different place before all the students and stooges start rolling in-—the college campus, I mean. And for you unfortunates who never see the campus except when it is broiling with humanity and taxi-cabs, there's just an idea of what you missed.

Everything is so quiet when I come up the drive. (It's most often spoken of as a "brooding silence".) There's Mr. Breon raising his hat and smiling. But nearly all freshmen have seen "that man" before. The halls of the administration building smell of floor cleaner and soap and water and —it can't be pepper! I can't see Dr. Schwalm because already he's busy with a round of conferences. But the girls in the central office will take care of me.

I go over to see what the dorms are like. The Misses Fulkerson and Nickey (the younger) are putting the last touches to Arnold Hall, with the help of (Dr.) Forney. They don’t know just what to do with practically a closet-full of abandoned clothes in the store room. I breeze in and claim them for my own to their great relief--mine too!

Might as well try Harnly Hall. The door is locked but someone I've never seen before obligingly opens it for me. Up and up the stairs I go but still there isn't a sign of life. It's as silent as an Egyptian mummy. No piano pounders or falsetto voices inhabit the music practice rooms. I go downstairs and find that the doorman was a freshman who in putting the last touches to cleaning up the memorable Chem lab. And outside, the campus is fairly blossoming with fresh—no—there's Squeak Meyers wielding a mean shovel. He's as copper-colored as an Indian

Might as well look at the Bulldogs over at the gym. Yesterday afternoon they were "tackling" football, but they aren't out yet this morning..

Warner's office looks just as usual but the coach's office reminds us that things have changed. The diploma on the wall bears the name of Thomas C. Hayden, our new coach.

Finally you've wandered back in the ad building and by force of habit up to the Spec room where freshmen pop their heads in and say in an awe-stricken voice—-‘‘Is this where they put out the paper?” And there is Ernie Reed, this year’s tennis-playing editor, explaining what’s what to our new sports edit or, frosh Dean Stucky, ex-Editor Stucky's kid brother. And as the minutes whizz by slowly, here comes mustachioed Patch Goering, his pal Prexy Stucky, and even little Teddy Washburn.

All pending business relating to getting this issue of the Spectator out on Tuesday is temporarily filed in the wastebasket, and politics, fandango, and parlor tricks in the collegiate style are dragged out of a summer's hiding. Here in the sane-tum sanctorum of the college editor's office, we're home again. Grent Guns!

The Pep Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 in Room 3, Sharp Hall, it was announced yesterday by Doris Doane, president of the Pep Club. All members are urged to be present.

Student Council Meets

The first meeting of the 19401941 Student Council will be held to-morrow evening at 6:30 in Room 5, Sharp Hall, it was announced by Dale Stucky Student Council president. All members are urged to be present.

Jake Cramer, grid star of last year's Bulldog squad, was married this summer to Miss Mary Lou Wolford of La Junta, Colo. Cramer will not return to school this year.

interested in writing for the Spectator should communicate with the editor and attend this meeting, if at

Those who will be unable to attend the first meeting of the editorial staff should see the editor before Friday noon, so that he may be able to make definite plans at the meet-ing. The editor will appreciate the loyal cooperation of the students of McPherson college.

Football Schedule

Sept. 20—Southwestern, here,

Sept. 28—Hays Teachers, there.

Oct. 4 -- Ottawa, here,

Oct. 11—Baker, there.

Oct. 18—Bethel, here.

Oct. 25—Bethany, there.

Nov. 1—C. of E., there.

Nov. 9 - Pittsburgh Teachers, there.

Nov. 15—Kansas Wesleyan, here.

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McPherson college has a new coach in the person of Thomas C. Hayden. Hayden was selected from a group of about 60 prospects interviewed.

For the past thirteen years, Hay-den was varsity baseball coach, assistant football and basketball coach, varsity tennis and wrestling coach at Coe college, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Hayden was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1925 with a B. S. degree. While there, he played football on the same team as the famed “Red" Grange, the "Galloping Ghost.” He received his M. A. degree from State University of Iowa in 1932 and has taken graduate study and research toward his Ph. D. degree in physical education there. Coach Hayden is an all-around athlete. He played high school football, basketball, baseball, and track and, was individual champion of the Illinois state track meet in his senior year, holding the state records in the 50 and 220 yard dashes. He was captain of three sports and all-state in football.

He was a member of football, baseball, and track teams at the University of Illinois. He also played professional baseball two years in class C and class A leagues.

Coach Hayden is married and has two children, Barbara Rae, who is in the 9th grade this year, and Tommy Junior, who is in the 5th grade.

With more than twenty men reporting regularly for football practices last week. Coach Thomas Hayden began putting his gridsters through regular fall workouts. Prospects for a successful season seem encouraging with outstanding athletes from many parts or Kansas and surrounding states reporting for practice

With regular practices on the schedule for the next two weeks, the Bulldog gridsters should be in excellent shape for the opening game of the season, a week from Friday. The Southwestern college Builders of Winfield, Kansas, will be the first to oppose the Bulldogs on their well-sodded gridiron.

In addition to at least ten of last year's lettermen, Coach Hayden will have much additional material with which to mould his 1940 squad. Several men reported early last week and began their conditioning process.

Gene Wilber, Dallas Ceuter, Iowa; Wallace Lindberg, Galvn; Jim Bruce, Galva; Laurence Hill, Galva: Marvin Stehwein, Claflin; Jiggs Mueller, Claflin; Duane Knackstedt, Windom; Merrills Knackstedt, Windom; Charles Emler, Geneseo; Milo Unruh, Goessell; Milford Voth, Little River; Thayles Maupin, Silverlake.

John Westling, McPherson; Virgil Westling, McPherson; Eddie Leonard, Enterprise; Richard Callen, McPherson; Irvin Keck, Summerfield; Raymond Meyers, Inman; Merlin Myers, Lovewell; Junior French, McPherson; Junior Eberly, McPherson; Wilbur Bullinger, Canton; and Richard Mohler, McPherson.

At last reports several other letter-men were expected to report for prac-tice the first of this week. This group includes Rollin Wanamaker, Waterville: Andrew Collett, McPherson; Raymond Goering, Elyria; Robert Cook, Sidney, town; Russell Reinecker, McPherson; Calvin Jones, Pretty Prairie: Jack Vetter, Kansas City, Mo.; Robert Brust, Clafflin; Sylvan Hoover, Quinter: and Glen Punis, Conway Springs

New Bulldog Mentor

Thomas C. Hayden, our new athletic director, comes to McPherson college from Coe college. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is an all-around athlete and has had wide coaching experience.

The Women's Athletic Association of McPherson college got under way yesterday with a meeting of its of-fleers. Present at the meeting were Miss Lilyan Warner, women's athletic director and the club's sponsor; Doris Voshell, president of the club; Ruby, Peterson, vice-president; Juanita Weaver, treasurer, and Mildred Fries secretary.

The volleyball club, one of the most active clubs on the campus last year, will be handed by Edith Spengler, senior, this year, Ramons Fires, senior, will head the recreational sports club, which offers many individual sports in which women may participate.

The cabinet of the club announced that a party for all women students will be held next Monday afternoon at 4:00 in the Physical Education Building. Those attending the party will be given a chance to participate in almost all the sports sponsored by the W. A. A. The respective club heads will be in charge of their own games. All women students are cordially invited to attend this party, it was announced.

Plans were started toward sponsoring a "Play Night" for all students. This will probably take place on the football field and in the gymnasium. The next W. A. A. council meeting will be held sometime this week with the newly appointed cabinet members present to make further plans for the year.

Homecoming Is Set For October 18

The homecoming committee, as appointed by Dr. Schwalm, is Clayton Rock, chairman, Dale Stucky, Doris Voshell, Wilbur Yoder, Lilyan Warner, and Thomas Hayden, ex officio, it was announced recently.

Homecoming was set for Oct 18, when the Bethel college Graymaroons invade the Macollege gridiron to tangle with the Bulldogs.

All hometown football games will be announced through the means of a public address system, it was disclosed yesterday. Edward Wellepp, of the Daily Republican staff, and John Fribble, of the Lamb Auto Supply Store, will work in the press booth of the football stadium.

The public address system is to be applied by the Westling Radio Services. The broadcast will be sponsored by the local merchants.